seihen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sīhen, from Old High German sīhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (to filter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzaɪ̯ən]
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  • Hyphenation: sei‧hen
  • Homophone: seien

Verb

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seihen (weak, third-person singular present seiht, past tense seihte, past participle geseiht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to filter, to sift, to strain

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • seihen” in Duden online
  • seihen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache